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<p>If you haven&#8217;t popped into the newest branch of <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Daunt Books in Oxford (opens in a new tab)" href="https://dauntbooks.co.uk" target="_blank">Daunt Books</a> in Summertown, Oxford (it just opened in August), then hotfoot it over there pronto to pick up one of these brand new recommendations from store manager Elizabeth. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Pine by Francine Toon</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1000" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Pine-Francine-Toon.jpeg" alt="Pine by Francine Toon" class="wp-image-109436" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Pine-Francine-Toon.jpeg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Pine-Francine-Toon-300x300.jpeg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Pine-Francine-Toon-500x500.jpeg 500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Pine-Francine-Toon-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Pine-Francine-Toon-525x525.jpeg 525w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Pine-Francine-Toon-200x200.jpeg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Francine Toon&#8217;s chilling&nbsp;<em>Pine</em>, a gothic thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, arrives in paperback this month &#8211; just in time for ghost story season! The freedom of a rural childhood meets small town claustrophobia and eerieness as young Lauren navigates the aftermath of her mother&#8217;s disappearance.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Failosophy by Elizabeth Day</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1604" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Failosophy-by-Elizabeth-Day.jpg" alt="Failosophy by Elizabeth Day" class="wp-image-109437" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Failosophy-by-Elizabeth-Day.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Failosophy-by-Elizabeth-Day-187x300.jpg 187w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Failosophy-by-Elizabeth-Day-312x500.jpg 312w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Failosophy-by-Elizabeth-Day-94x150.jpg 94w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Failosophy-by-Elizabeth-Day-958x1536.jpg 958w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Failosophy-by-Elizabeth-Day-327x525.jpg 327w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Author and host of hit podcast&nbsp;<em>How to Fail</em>&nbsp;Elizabeth Day returns with this warmly wise pocket-sized distillation of all she&#8217;s learned from her explorations of failure.&nbsp;<em>Failosophy</em>&nbsp;presents seven philosophies of failure, drawing on conversations with podcast guests such as Phoebe Waller Bridge, Malcolm Gladwell, Meera Syal, Alain de Botton and Andrew Scott.&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Homecoming by Colin Grant</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1530" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Homecoming-by-Colin-Grant.jpg" alt="Homecoming by Colin Grant" class="wp-image-109438" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Homecoming-by-Colin-Grant.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Homecoming-by-Colin-Grant-196x300.jpg 196w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Homecoming-by-Colin-Grant-327x500.jpg 327w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Homecoming-by-Colin-Grant-98x150.jpg 98w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Homecoming-by-Colin-Grant-343x525.jpg 343w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Colin Grant&#8217;s remarkable oral history of the Windrush Generation uses a wealth of research &#8211; over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs &#8211; to create a moving, vital portrait of postwar Caribbean British life. Out now in paperback, it is in important and timely read.<br></p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cook, Eat, Repeat by Nigella Lawson</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1455" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Cook-Eat-Repeat-Nigella-Lawson.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-109439" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Cook-Eat-Repeat-Nigella-Lawson.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Cook-Eat-Repeat-Nigella-Lawson-206x300.jpg 206w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Cook-Eat-Repeat-Nigella-Lawson-344x500.jpg 344w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Cook-Eat-Repeat-Nigella-Lawson-103x150.jpg 103w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Cook-Eat-Repeat-Nigella-Lawson-361x525.jpg 361w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>We can&#8217;t wait for the new Nigella Lawson, a collection of over 150 new recipes alongside essays about food and life, which is sure to be a source of comfort and joy this Autumn.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Ghosts by Dolly Alderton</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1610" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Dolly-Alderton-Ghosts.jpg" alt="Dolly Alderton Ghosts" class="wp-image-109440" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Dolly-Alderton-Ghosts.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Dolly-Alderton-Ghosts-186x300.jpg 186w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Dolly-Alderton-Ghosts-311x500.jpg 311w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Dolly-Alderton-Ghosts-93x150.jpg 93w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Dolly-Alderton-Ghosts-954x1536.jpg 954w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Dolly-Alderton-Ghosts-326x525.jpg 326w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>The debut novel from&nbsp;<em>Everything I Know About Love</em>&nbsp;author Dolly Alderton. Alderton&#8217;s wit blends with a thoughtful, moving story of friendship, family and memory as 32-year-old Nina Dean navigates dating and modern relationships.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Labours of Love by Madeleine Bunting</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1538" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Labours-of-Love-large.jpg" alt="Labours of Love by Madeleine Bunting" class="wp-image-109444" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Labours-of-Love-large.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Labours-of-Love-large-195x300.jpg 195w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Labours-of-Love-large-325x500.jpg 325w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Labours-of-Love-large-98x150.jpg 98w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Labours-of-Love-large-999x1536.jpg 999w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Labours-of-Love-large-341x525.jpg 341w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Bunting travelled the country interviewing charity workers, doctors, nurses, social workers, in-home carers, palliative care teams and parents over the course of five years for her latest book,&nbsp;<em>Labours of Love</em>, a moving look at the care sector in crisis.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">In the Kitchen: Essays on food and life</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1506" src="https://bucksoxon.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/In-the-Kitchen-Essays-on-food-and-life.jpg" alt="In the Kitchen: Essays on food and life" class="wp-image-109445" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/In-the-Kitchen-Essays-on-food-and-life.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/In-the-Kitchen-Essays-on-food-and-life-199x300.jpg 199w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/In-the-Kitchen-Essays-on-food-and-life-332x500.jpg 332w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/In-the-Kitchen-Essays-on-food-and-life-100x150.jpg 100w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/bucksoxon/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/In-the-Kitchen-Essays-on-food-and-life-349x525.jpg 349w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>The newest title from our own Daunt Books Publishing is&nbsp;<em>In the Kitchen</em>.&nbsp;Daisy Johnson writes about rituals, food and love,&nbsp;Ruby Tandoh considers different kinds of sweetness, Joel Golby celebrates buffets, and more, in this collection of essays on cooking and eating and how they can shape our lives.</p>



<p><em><a href="https://dauntbooks.co.uk/summertown" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Daunt Books (opens in a new tab)">Daunt Books</a>, 247 Banbury Rd, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7HN</em></p>


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